Occupational Medicine (Oxford University Press journal) explained

Occupational Medicine
Former Name:Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine; Transactions of the Society of Occupational Medicine; Transactions of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers; Transactions of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers; Quarterly Bulletin of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers
Abbreviation:Occup. Med. (Lond.)
Discipline:Occupational medicine, industrial hygiene
Editor:Steven Nimmo
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Country:United Kingdom
History:1948–present
Frequency:8/year
Openaccess:Hybrid
Impact:1.472
Impact-Year:2013
Issn:0962-7480
Website:http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/
Link1:http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/current
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/archive
Link2-Name:Online archive

Occupational Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering occupational medicine. It is published eight times per year by Oxford University Press. The journal covers "work-related injury and illness, accident and illness prevention, health promotion, occupational disease, health education, the establishment and implementation of health and safety standards, monitoring of the work environment, and the management of recognized hazards".[1] It was established in 1948.

History

The journal was initially established as The Quarterly Bulletin of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers in 1948, and became the Transactions of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers from 1951 to 1965. From 1966 to 1972, it was known as the Transactions of the Society of Occupational Medicine, and from 1973 to 1991 it was known as the Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine. It took the current name of Occupational Medicine in 1992.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is covered by several major indexing services including:

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20051220073817/http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/occmed/about.html About The Journal web page